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04-09-2014 02:10 PM

Gwenhwyfair

Exactly....or just keep things in perspective, give people the benefit of the doubt when ever possible and move on.

There have always been people who are discourteous drivers, people who are distracted by their child in the back seat, people who maybe shouldn't be using the cell phone or people who just flat out make an honest mistake when driving. No one is perfect.

"Going after" these people will not change anything in the big picture of life and the world. So escalating situations that really do not need to be escalated is extremely unwise, especially if you're a woman alone on the road at night in a very small car......

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Originally Posted by Thewretched

Is have a friend that has road rage so bad they WILL follow you home (and has), even stop in the middle of the road and get out and start a fight. I've had it happen to me even, luckily I have my CC. The way I look at it, treat it like your in the grocery line at your grocery store, if someone cuts in front of you, are you going to cut them back and stop and wait for them to get angry and use another isle? It's the same thing with internet bullies. The idea of being anonymous lets anyone be a big scary person. If your a big person who doesn't allow anyone to disrespect you on the car, that better carry over to the real would because there will be a person who wants to fight, and I guaranteeit'll be after they see how big you are in that drivers seat. Be ready to fight for as long as it takes the cops to get there.

Is have a friend that has road rage so bad they WILL follow you home (and has), even stop in the middle of the road and get out and start a fight. I've had it happen to me even, luckily I have my CC. The way I look at it, treat it like your in the grocery line at your grocery store, if someone cuts in front of you, are you going to cut them back and stop and wait for them to get angry and use another isle? It's the same thing with internet bullies. The idea of being anonymous lets anyone be a big scary person. If your a big person who doesn't allow anyone to disrespect you on the car, that better carry over to the real would because there will be a person who wants to fight, and I guarantee it'll be after they see how big you are in that drivers seat. Be ready to fight for as long as it takes the cops to get there.

I have people doing that to me when I have put my lights on to low beam! Do you realize how dangerous that is? I've been totally blinded because people like you flash their brights on so close!!

So when you do it to someone who is innocent then you!!!! Are the bully.

You just wait one day you're going to do it to real bully, (instead of someone like me a 50 year old lady in her small base model SUV) he's going to turn around and road rage on you in the middle of the night. I was reading truck forum about how some of those guys were followed home by an angry driver and bright light dispute.

Did it ever occur to you, in your small car, that you sit lower and therefore lights appear brighter to you?

Because you are intentionally endangering others who may well be innocent .... Let's just say if something bad happens to you driving at night remember it's your karma.

What I don't get is how people start deciding this sort of thing is ok in any way. I have dealt with people and bright lights for over 30 years in driving and I would have NEVER dreamed of waiting til I got up close enough to really blind the crap out of them.

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Originally Posted by angelas

Plenty. Maybe it's over compensation for all the garbage I've had to put up with but now I assume people are naturally arses and bullies and I no longer back down.

04-08-2014 10:38 PM

angelas

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Originally Posted by Gwenhwyfair

What the heck is wrong with you?!!

Plenty. Maybe it's over compensation for all the garbage I've had to put up with but now I assume people are naturally arses and bullies and I no longer back down.

04-08-2014 09:43 PM

Gwenhwyfair

The Harley riders *usually* aren't too bad around here. They tend to ride more cautiously. I have several clients that have ridden 'The Dragon'. We took it in my nice comfy convertible car, leather seats, nice stereo system, rain comes top goes up.....

It's like TW said, the café style bikes zipping around seem to take the most chances.

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Originally Posted by GSDolch

Years and years ago when I was with the rescue squad, getting calls to go get bikers off the mountain going up The Dragon (a popular road for bikers between TN and NC) got so bad that they finally put a station at the base of it. It would take us 45 minutes just to GET to them....there went most of their golden hour. My FIL is part of a motorcycle club, and my grew up around my dad and his friend and his Harley Ds, acting the fool on a motorcycle was really frowned on.
It's crazy sometimes!

We always just called it The Dragon, or The Dragons Tail...or, if we had a extra busy month getting bikers off the mountain, we would call it Bikers Fly....

On the upside of the mountain, there use to be the back end of a dirt bike, some boots and a helmet positioned to look like someone ran into it. I don't know if it's still there, but it was there to help serve as a warning to be safe. Didn't work much though, but was good for a laugh.

Yup. When I see those "look twice save a life motorcycles are everywhere" bumper stickers I say "they sure are".

They're riding up between lanes of cars. Up on one wheel (saw that a couple of months ago), passing illegally on the right and left.

They sure are everywhere, I have a hard time keeping track of them....

Years and years ago when I was with the rescue squad, getting calls to go get bikers off the mountain going up The Dragon (a popular road for bikers between TN and NC) got so bad that they finally put a station at the base of it. It would take us 45 minutes just to GET to them....there went most of their golden hour. My FIL is part of a motorcycle club, and my grew up around my dad and his friend and his Harley Ds, acting the fool on a motorcycle was really frowned on.
It's crazy sometimes!

04-08-2014 07:05 PM

Thewretched

It's a bad demographic, crotch rockets are geared to 18-30 year olds which is that "invincible" age the same demographic the military uses. Or it's the 50 year old who wants to feel young and reckless again, just treat them the same you do as someone in a civic with neon under it and a exhaust so loud it sounds like a bike

I use to drive "semi's", horrible job, way too many arses out there driving like fools, don't miss it a bit. I drive a plow/sand truck in the winter now, much more respect, at least from the most folks anyways. There's always a few idiots who ignore the very large sign on the back of my truck saying stay back 50', they figure it out once they notice the sand taking the paint off their hood, lol!

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